#civil-rights

#civil-rights

"I remember waking up the next morning after being interrogated, and it's like, 'Wow, these people really don't care.'"

Karen Batchelor's discovery of her eligibility for the Daughters of the American Revolution was surprising, given the organization's long history of racism and elitism.

Jefferson's words on equality are often seen as self-evident, yet they fail to encompass enslaved individuals, women, and other marginalized groups, revealing a significant contradiction.

The Morrison decision left a void for survivors of gender-based violence, as it invalidated the federal Violence Against Women Act's civil remedy provision, eliminating federal civil remedies.

Public Citizen president Rob Weissman set the tone for the day, telling the cheering rallygoers, 'We have to persist to end this illegal, unconstitutional, and devastating war on Iran—and make sure that Congress does not give a penny more to pay for or extend this war.'

Tens of thousands of people gathered and marched through the streets of Midtown on Saturday for the third No Kings demonstration in order to peacefully protest against President Donald Trump and his policies.

"God did not make me to hate me," said State Rep. Malcolm Kenyatta, emphasizing the importance of the legislation that aligns Pennsylvania's laws with the principle of marriage equality.

The Covenant Homeownership Program provides a zero-interest secondary loan to help cover down payments and closing costs, widely viewed as the first explicitly race-conscious housing finance program of its kind.

The EEOC found that Planned Parenthood had weekly gatherings based on race-based affinity groups, which employees of other races were barred from attending, and that employees were either required to join those sessions or participate in diversity trainings on a weekly basis.

Huerta's disclosed to the New York Times that fellow Chicano civil rights icon Cesar Chavez raped her during the 1960s. It was part of a story that also interviewed two women who claimed the United Farm Workers co-founder sexually abused them when they were young teens in the 1970s.